DiS: Bearing in mind the obvious impact of Ride's music today, I guess the final question has to be do you ever see the four of you getting back together and playing one more time?

Andy Bell: Well, never say never. We're good friends now. We get together once a year and just have a few pints and whatever. We're all pretty busy with what we're doing, but personally, it would be a shame if we never got to play those songs one more time.

Re: 2013 Lineup Confirmation/Rumors Thread

Originally Posted by SmellyBath

I will make the assertion that JT's biggest haters barely listened to his music because of a deeper lack of confidence or comfort in their sexuality and associate him with NSYNC and boy band fodder. They could never escape the fear of being judged by the jocks or other people for the acceptance of JT's music and somewhat metro appeal.

As empirical evidence I submit theklein. A man clearly still steered by his high schools tastes, fears, and faux pas.

More than this, I think, consciously or not, people tend to dismiss music that young women like as fluff, inconsequential and dumb, none of which fits Justin Timberlake's work. It's a subtle form of sexism that we assume groups with predominantly teenage female fanbases are going to be horrible. It's sometimes right, but it's just as right for young boys, yet we take their taste much more seriously.

Re: 2013 Lineup Confirmation/Rumors Thread

At some level, this is just silly. I've heard JT played about every different type (demographically speaking) of bar or club that I've been in over the last six years. All of the hip publications and critics were over his last album as much as MTV and radio were.